Can Calvin Walker get a fair trial in Beaumont?

The second trial of the electrician for the Beaumont ISD has been set.

As The Enterprise has reported, “A federal judge has set April 10, 2012 as the date for Calvin Walker’s second trial. Walker, Beaumont ISD’s electrician of record, faces 37 counts of mail fraud, wire fraud, theft, interstate transfers of funds by fraud, fraud upon programs receiving federal funds and money laundering. Walker, 51, is charged with over-billing the school district by almost $4 million.”

Walker’s first trial in December fizzled when the jury couldn’t agree on verdicts.

Do you think he can get a fair trial in Beaumont the second time?

If Walker’s attorney asks for a change of venue, as he did last time, should it be granted?

If the jury becomes deadlocked again, should the judge try harder to get them to reach an agreement?

Who will have the advantage in the second trial — the prosecution or the defense?

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